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Errors and Inconsistencies (noted by transcriber):
_General Notes and Non-Errors:_
The _Eton Grammar_ began in the first half of the 16th century as the
_Brevissima Institutio_, later _Rudimenta Grammatices_, by William Lily,
Lilly or Lilye (d. 1522). A 1758 revision acquired the name _Eton Latin
Grammar_. The headers _Propria quae maribus_ and _As in Præsenti_ are
from this book, as is the line "Cum multis aliis quæ nunc perscribere
longum est".
If than _is_, _er_, and _or_, it hath many more enders
[_i.e. "many more than..."_]
qui, who or what, and cujas, of what country.
[_uncommon word: not a misprint for "cujus"_]
always recals this beautiful line of Ovid's [_archaic spelling_]
some well-disposed sailor in a melodrame [_archaic spelling_]
Malo a cive spoliari quam ab hoste venire.
[_that is, "vEnire" with long "e"_]
Having yeaned, she left the hope of the flock [_archaic word_]
OF THE QUANTITY OF THE FIRST SYLLABLE. [_"first" = non-final_]
Ingens, great, [A]jax, the name of a hero
[_Both syllables in "Ajax" are long. Here, the "j" is to be
pronounced as a "double letter" (technically an affricate) as in
English._]
alter{i}us has always a short _i_ and alIus a long _i_
[_The "i" in "alterius" is conventionally shortened in poetry to
accommodate the metre._]
_Introduction_
it shall be candid. [is shall]
writing in conformity with [comformity]
And more especially is praise due [epecially]
_Grammar_
... venenum, poison; are examples of substantives [posion]
The butcher lays thee low, [the]
Thus the Comic Latin Grammar is lepidissimus, funniest [lipidissimus]
it has not _different persons_, as tædet, it irketh [tædat]
the magging or talkative mood
[_probably error for "nagging"_]
Amavissem, I should have loved [Amivissem]
Amandum, to love, if you 're doom'd, have a care. [you 'r]
Ab, ad, ante, &c. prepositions.
[_printed as shown: missing "are"?_]
From neco, necui, and mico, word
[_printed as shown: missing "a" ("a word")?_]
And (which perhaps is the most pursuasive argument of all)
[_spelling unchanged_]
illum librum quæ Latina Grammatices et Comica dicitur
[_printed as shown: superfluous "et"?_]
THE CONSTRUCTION OF NOUNS ADJECTIVE. [ADJECTVE]
it was suggested by the well-known quality [well-know]
the discoveries of their countryman Franklin [countrymen]
Arbor gummifera, alta mille et quingentis passibus [gumnifera]
Adjectives and substantives govern an ablative case [subsantives]
Oft in slumber's deep recesses, [slumbers]
By so much the ugliest, by how much the wisest [must]
whereas an imposition is a task [as imposition]
each other's charms and accomplishments [others]
the pledges were placed [where]
Instar montis equum divina Palladis arte [Paladis]
they build a horse as big as a mountain. [house]
nAsOqu{e} cruEntO [_breve printed over "u" in "nasoque"_]
ClAv{i}g{e}r [A]lcIdEs, mAgnUm J{o}v{i}s IncrEmEntUm.
[_missing breve on "i" in "claviger"]
REs Est InfElIx, plEn{a}qu{e} frAud{i}s {a}mOr
[_missing macron on "e" in "infelix"]
In Latin mark, that every dipthong
[_normally spelled "diphthong", but may be intentional
for rhyme with "whip-thong"_]
And so are n's that do delight {i}n
[_breve printed over "e" in "delight" instead of "i" in "in"_]
Short in the final _er_ we state 'em, [state em,]
Long unto all but asses' ears, [asses ears,]
And qu{i}s, and b{i}s, which last is no noun
[_breve printed over "u" in "quis"_]
_List of Etchings_
Here and in the Advertising section, a facing pair of pages was damaged.
Missing text was supplied from elsewhere in the book. The missing parts
are shown in {braces}.
2. Schoolmaster beating a drum, and boys singing in ch{orus 22}
3. Ingenuas pugni didicisse fideliter artes (fight) {52}